Cultivator-blade



2 SheetsSheet L No ModeL No. 504,969. teted Se t. 12, 1893.

fITED STATES PATENT ()EFICE.

BENJAMIN 1 DABBY, OF oLAY,S PRAIBIE, ILLINoIS.

0U TIVAToR-BLADE.

Be it known that I, BNJAMIN E. DABBT, of (loy,S Prairie, in the oounty of dgor alnd State of IIliI1oiS, haVo inventod oeftain new and nSeful Improven1entS in Onltivator- Blados; and I do hereby deolare that the fo1- 1owing is fn11, olear, nd exaot deSoription of the invention, vvhioh Wi11 enable others Skilled in tho art to Whioh it ppeftinS to nlake nd nSe the Sonle,refefenoe being had to the ajooon1 panying draWings, and to the letterS of Tefer onoo nlafked theTeon, Whioh forIn part of thiS Speoifioation,

ThiS invention rolateS to oertin iInprovooents in ou1tivtiDg bladeS of Sho7elS.

The obJeot of tho invention is to provide an in1pfoved oultivoting blado, oapable of be ing fevefsed, and oxoeedingly ofoienf in ac tion aJIld Whioh vvill onltivato the earth With aminimum an1onnt of draft and in an iInproved and soperior manner.

A fufther objeot of the invention iS to pro vido iInpfoved fneans for faStoning the oultivator blade, S0 that the blaJdo oan be re vefsod When doSired, and oan be nSod With various kindS of ShankS.

Tho invention consiStS in oertajin novel feofufeS of ooI1Strllotion,and in ooInbinationS of paJrtS 1]1ofe fnHy dosofibed hereinafter a1d 1)artioI11arly pointed ont in tho olaJi1T1S.

Befoffing to the acoon1panying (1ravvilgS, Eigoro 1 iS a side e1evtion Showing the onltivatof blade,1ooking at the oonoave side fhero of. Eig. 2 is an olevation of tho oultivator blade looking at tho landSide of oonvex side thereof ShoWing the fStening blook of )lato togethor vvith tho shank of tho onltivator. Eig. 3 is o top plan vioW of the onltivator blode ShoWing tho ng1o to the line of draft of Whioh the blade outs. Eig. iS a Seotiono1 vieW ShoWing a ronnd onltivaJtor shnk faS tened iI1 tho soouringn1enS or plate. ig. 5 is aj oroSS Seotional vieW Showing a dief ent for1 of on1tivato1 Shank faStenod to tho )1ato, Eig. 6 iS a dotail erspeotive of tho blado.

In the draWings, the foferenoo lettof o, in dioteSthe oI11fivaJtoI' blade. ThiS blado, it Shonld bo obServed iS forIIled of ono piooe of nletal and is What lI1ighf be tern1ed oonoavooonvex iI1 ofoSS Sootion and providod With tWo pointS o o, nd With ontting edgeS foI,

bdo iS properly Sof for operaJting the loWeI part thereof oxtendS of ourveS doWnWardly, olltvvardly and forv7ardly, Whilo the npper part thereof ourveS upWardly, ontwardly aJnd roarvFafdly So that tho lovver front edgovvhioh forInS the outting edge, and tho earth'iS oarried rearwardly nd laterally af tho Sn1e tiIne. If the blade be revofsed tho paftS Will aSSuIno the SaI11e poSition, tho blade boing double ended and aHke at both ends.

The Shove1 of blado when properly sof iS inolined to the line of draff at on angfe of obont twentyfive or thirty dogreoS, nd it onts thro11gh the earth like a gonge, S if vVore, vithout teaJring oI' Shearing fro Sido to Sido, aS is the oaSe Whefe oorfin foI'Ins of ShovelS of l)laldes afo oInployed, and furfherInoro the blado iS Set aJt snoh aiI1 angle and so oonStTuoted thaJt tho dfaft of pfeSSUro on opposite SideS fheTeof iS equ1iZed, pern1itting the Shov e1 to run in a peffeotly Stright lino Withonf lateral preSSure on oithef side thefeof. ThiS Shovel t11r nS the groond oI' earth oversn1oothly and oonlpletoly and vvithont throWing it onto the plant so thadf no fenderS aJro Teqllired. TheSe ShovelS aTe nSuany D1aJdoin ightS nd lefts, and they oan be arranged in any Suitablo n1anner on the o111tivator 50 that the fof rowS Will a11 be thrown one vva or So that the rSt furrows will bo thfown iI1 one direotion, 5Lnd tho feaf ShovelS vvi11 tl1I'n tho fur- ToWS baok in the othef dirootion. of oourse thiS arrangenlent forIns 110 part of Iny ivon tion, and vvill not fully dosoribo the SaTne hoToin.

CZ, indioates the faStening plato of blook SeouTed on tho fear on oonvex Sido of the Shove1 at tho oentor thoroof of tnidvvay be twoon tho pointS and parallel vvifh the length of tho shovoL that is, With aJ 1ine dfown through the tWo pointS of the ShoveL This plafe of blook iS Suitably riveted of boltod to the shove1 and ifS nnder Side iS oufvod aJnd 

